Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician – Frailty and H@H

Do you want to be at the forefront of transforming clinical pharmacy? Do you want to work with a dynamic, supportive and friendly team?

We have transformed our clinical pharmacy service across NHS Fife in an ambitious project to join up care to operate as an integrated pharmacy service across hospital, primary care and specialist teams. This ensures frailty and elderly care services are joined up Fife wide to care for our patients across transitions of care and ensure the best outcomes for patients with their medicines.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced pharmacy technicians registered with the GPhC with proven post qualification experience to join our integrated pharmacy team, working across Fife as part of the community health clinical pharmacy team.

Your primary site will be Victoria Hospital, but you will also work across community health settings, including Acute Frailty Services, Community Hospitals, and Hospital at Home.

You will play a crucial role in providing a safe, effective pharmacy service across community health settings, ensuring smooth transitions of care. You will also support patient flow, contributing to the timely and safe provision of medicines for inpatient care, discharges, and transfers.

You must be able to work independently or as part of the pharmacy team and wider multidisciplinary team. You will be an excellent communicator who has the ability to build good relationships with colleagues and other healthcare professionals. You should have experience of working in a clinical environment and managing staff.

The role will involve travelling across Fife to cover other community hospitals out with your base locations. You will also have sessions to enable you to maintain your checking qualification.

The NHS Fife Pharmacy and Medicines Directorate provides an integrated service to a population of approximately 380,000 people, with a team of around 300 Pharmacy staff, including Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Support Workers, Nurses, and Administrators. We pride ourselves on being a vibrant, welcoming and friendly team, that is made up of hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals who work towards a common goal of putting our patients at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to our staffs experience and development and ensuring both our staff and patients experience the same compassion and empathy.

The team work across Acute and Community hospital sites, General Practices, Mental Health services, and a range of specialist teams. Partnership working is at the core of our values, and we work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including our Community Pharmacy colleagues, to deliver the highest quality care for everyone in Fife.

Fife has something to offer everyone and has excellent transport links, being only 30 mins - 1 hour from major cities.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage

For further information please contact

Andrew Forrester – Lead Clinical Pharmacy Technician

or

Amanda Gray – Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Technician ext 21697

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

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